Seed-planter.



1. H. REDDEN..Y SEED PLANTER.

APPLICATIONILED FEB-1|1917 Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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Ble fit known .that I, kJol-ily o o citizen the United States, V esiding at den, in the @uw Qf Weiber and SPM@ 0f Utah, Vhaye invented certain new and useful.

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lmproyements in `SeedPlanters;4 *and I 1do declare the following to .he ,a fnll, clear,l and exact description of the invention, such as will ena-ble others skilled the art to which it apperltains to malge Vand'use the same,ref erence 'being had tothe Aace(impanying drawino's,`and to .thelegtters and figures of ref- "ere/nce marked thereon, which torni :a pant of this specification,

This invention relates to improvements yin seedingor seed-planting machines.

The intention has for its object to provide for controlling the seed-droppingoperation, :as `in planting or depositing the seed in the ground, more particularly in Varying the `spacing apart of the dropping `of ,the seed; the regulating of the dropping rof the number oi' seed .at each internal; and providing for the dropping ofseed of diiierent sizes. Primarily Ythe invention .has View to greatly lessen the `Waste usually attendant luponthe planting or dropping `of `the seed, also to eliminate the cost of thinning out the young plants with respect to `the spacing of the same.

vOther objects as `Well as the nature, characteristic features and scope .of the invsention will be more readily appreciated from the following description taken ,conneo tion -`with the accompanying drawing, and lin which ,latteri Figure l isa plan View of my invention.

Fig. 2 is .a lsectional 4View thereof talren on the line 2-2 4oi? Fig. 1.

Fig- 3A iS a -Swwlliat enlarged detailed side elevation of .the devi-ce, parts lbeing broken away. d

`Fig. .4C 1is a partly seetionaland partly side fragmental View of C.the seed box or receptacle. Y

In carrying out my invention I suitably mount upon a frame 1 borne, as nsual, by an axle 2 and carrying Wheels 25g a seed hopper or receptacle 3 equipped with seed dropping means, in the present instance7 includlinizia xed longitudinal bar .4 censttutng partly the bottom of the seed box or recepf tacle, and a similar longitudinally slidalole bar 5 positioned Within the aforesaid fixed bar, the latter being recessed in its up er surface for the reception of the slidable bar r.the latter 1-hauinga :or member. rlhe bars or members i and Y5 `:are I,ealch provided `with a plurality `oi: seed receiving and mansarda .teryals apart baror member 5 has at each end an npstand- Las lus fer-narrar 8; .Martedi aSfh@ Slide er 5 iS ashamed, to strike against the @i the @rentable l0.1 asesina the sur'- porting frame, and thus proiide for jarring the seed down Athrough the seed-dropping @renales -f @he members 4 and 5; the Seed ,dropping @innings 6 and i?, arranged :at predetermined in.

than passing into, and ,eing eondueted `by nd, the chutes being thecllutes 9 to the gro `suitably ,applied ,or lsecurleclY to the or receptable inalinement with `said seedopeninse as will il-aflltaoqcl- Upon the Wheel `agile lor "sliaflit is Ysuitably =secured or lcarried a -lloeyel gear wheel 2L() With which is geared or meshed a beyel pinion ,or ;gearf-Wheel Ll carried by Va crankshatt l2 supported loir carried by a ,tubular ,or hollow member .or Lsleeve 113@ The Slere 11163119@ ,13, which' is adapted as ,Seen in Fis-e 'l and 2., I@ retain@ the -rnion ll Il iixing the :latter gto tthe shaft :12, haseonnecbien by means 0f arm 1.4: with a Shortwavslar member or sleeye 15, said :arms being integral `With Said Sleeves, the two @leeres and arms thus iconstituting Man entirety or single casting and Wlliich may be termed as `a hanger. The glianger lhas its upper sleeye i5, slidaloly ymounted npon the` rod`1nen1ber i6 of loraelret it said jbracket .ineluding rigilrtangled endemeinbers secured lto the planter-fragile to proyide" for" spacing `olii @the rodinelnber from tlielfram'e, whereby eleargance rmay result for providing for'ythe .Sliding er morals th here@ ithelealans in ef- :tecting'the4 Ahereinafte*r @mentioned Aadjustnsientjof parts.` l'lhe sleeuel Vogtthe 'hanger is ,equipped `With set `or :hold-ing "screwi glf? ior the retention thereof at the desired point of adjustilnent as will bemore fully appreci- Thecrlank-.shaft .l2 has Allirnli-Conneotion 18 With thefwslidable Vseed;`clrop1g ing' member f5,

y uenlentsfud 19 dane/ndfing therefrom, `tlireugh a ,longitudinal lslot 2O in the liXed'seeddropping bar or ineinfbar v4 and ,to this Stud l9 .iS nvotecl ,one

4fof the link 18 of thc crank-shaft` l2.

The gear-Wheel 10 has a plurality of concentric circular arrangement of teeth or cogs @Steen in Fia "1- The Slidabsle,

may be brought into gear or mesh the pinion or wheel 11, as will be seen by accordingly moving or adjusting the sleeve 13, pro vided with a fixed lever 24 for that purpose, whereby, by effecting such meshing action between said pinion or gear wheel and said arrangement of teeth, it is obvious that the sliding bar 5 may be moved so as to position its openings at varying intervals with respect to the openings of the bar fl and thus provide for the dropping of the seed at varying or different intervals apart in the ground, during the seed-planting operation. The openings in the slidable bar 5 may be varied in diameter or cross-section, if desired, and thus provide vfor dropping or planting diderent sized seed, by positioning in said openings annuli or rings 25 particularly as seen in Fig. 1. In the seed boX or receptacle 3 are arranged and suitably held as by transverse top-forming pieces 26, suitable brushes or fibrous material 27, to provide for the guarding or clearance of the entrance of the seed-receiving openings of the slidable bar 5 accordingly preventing the overcrowding of said openings and the otherwise wasting of the seed, as is experienced in the usual contrivances for that purpose.

In effecting the relative adjustment of the pinions or gears 10 and 11, as in changing the spacing of the dropping of the seed, it will be observed that the shaft-sleeve 13 is laterally rocked upon the shaft 12by suitably moving the lever 24 inwardly as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 suitably moving the pinion 11 laterally away from the cog-arrangement 21, sufficiently to take the said pinion out of engagement with the latter and then moving the lever so as to slide the sleeve 18 endwise along the shaft 12 bringing the pinion 11 in opposition to the desired circle of cogs, the set-screw 17 then being tightened, while the weight of the lever 24, when released, will automatically careen said lever outwardly in a direction away from the face of the gear or pinion 10 as indicated in full lines in Fio. 3, serving to automatically or by gravity, effect the intergearing action between the pinions and so retain such action without further aid.

I claim:

1. A seed-planter, including a hopper equipped with a fixed member and a longitudinally slidable member thereon, each of the latter members being provided with a plurality of seed-dropping openings, and means for transmitting a longitudinally reciprocating movement to the upper dropping members, comprising intergeared mechanism, a crank or cam shaft actuating said slidable dropping member, a slidable sleeve upon said crank shaft, equipped with a pinion of said intergeared mechanism and adapted to shift said pinion into and out of gear, said pinion-equipped sleeve, itself, being carried by a slidable sleeve having means for its retention in fixed position, the first referred-to sleeve being provided with a lever for effecting its shifting action.

2. A seed-planter, including a hopper having a dropping mechanism, in combination with a gear secured upon the drive-wheel axle, having a plurality 'of circular' arrangements of cogs, a pinion meshing with the aforesaid gear, a crank-shaft carrying the second referred'to pinion and cooperating with said dropping mechanism, a hanger, including a tubular member having said crank-shaft mounted therein and connected to a second tubular member slidably supported in position and provided with means for its retention in fixed position, said first referred to tubular -member being rockable with respect to the first referred to gear and endwise movable upon said crank-shaft.

3. A seed-planter, including a hopper equipped with a dropping mechanism in combination with a gear secured Vupon the drive-wheel axle, having a plurality of circular arrangements of cogs or teeth, a pinion meshing with the aforesaid gear, a crankshaft carrying the second referred to pinion and a hanger comprising a tubular member having said crank-shaft mounted therein and a second tubular member cennected to the aforesaid tubular member and slidably mounted in position upon a spaced-olf rod of a bracket fixed to the planter-frame, means effecting connection between said second tubular member and said bracket, the aforesaid tubular member having a gravity actuated lever for automatically throwing the second referred to pinion into gear with the first referred to gear wheel and whereby the aforesaid tubular member with its pinion may be moved laterally away from and toward said circular arrangement of cogs or teeth.

In testimony whereof, 1 affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. REDDEW.

Witnesses:

W. R. Simian, M. H. MANNING.

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